Successful Local Peacebuilding in Macedonia (in Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Authors: Ann Kelleher and Kelly Ryan Access via JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23607918 ABSTRACT Local peacebuilding projects should receive systematic and sustained analysis given their number and importance in creating conditions for peace in post-conflict societies. This analysis of the Nansen Integrated School in Jegunovce, Macedonia brings to light causal factors and specific practices that can produce successful local […]
Relational Design (in Journal of Awareness Based Social Change)
Authors: Savannah Keith Gress, Victor Udoewa Full Text: https://jabsc.org/index.php/jabsc/article/view/5193/5391 Abstract: Participatory design occurs when professional designers do design work with the community members who will use the design. Traditional (colonial) participatory design leaves the choice of methodology in the hands of the professional designer, the leader or facilitator, who often chooses extractivist methods and methodologies, […]
Sustained Dialogue for Ground Water and Energy Resources in Chile (in Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education)
Suzanne A. Pierce, Reed A. Malin, Eugenio Figueroa Full text: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2012.03129.x Abstract: Water conflict arises in interconnected ways. As demand increases in one region or industrial sector, the accompanying shifts in water resource management regimes have impacts at the local level and may carry international implications. Insecure water resources are often the root cause of resistance or […]
Dr. Harold Saunders’ Luna Digital Exhibition
Thanks to the Kettering Foundation and the Sustained Dialogue Institute, the Saunders Collection is now digitally available at George Mason University. This archive has inestimable value to the field of conflict and peace studies, and its digitization now enables the University Libraries to share the Saunders story with the global scholarly community. Harold H. Saunders Conflict […]
Building Student Civic Leadership Through Sustained Dialogue (in Higher Ed Exchange)
SDCN Program Director Michaela Grenier contributed an article to the 2019 issue of the Higher Education Exchange journal, published annually by the Kettering Foundation. Grenier’s article describes the Sustained Dialogue (SD) process, applications of the SD process on college campuses, and the impact of participation in SD campus programs on college students’ civic leadership development.
Chapter: “Sustained Dialogue Campus Network” (in Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education)
Sustained Dialogue Campus Network team members Elizabeth Wuerz, Rhonda Fitzgerald, Michaela Grenier, and Ottavia Lezzi contributed a chapter to Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education (edited by Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy J. Shaffer). Creating Space for Democracy is a resource book for higher education professionals seeking dialogue […]
Healing a Divided Nation: Transforming Spaces Through Sustained Dialogue (in The Review of Higher Education)
Author: Dr. Maureen A. Flint Full text: Flint (2019) Healing a Divided Nation In the wake of the U.S. 2016 election, national media has highlighted the divided nature of our country. Considering this division, dialogue is often pushed as the tool for reconciliation, healing, and bridge building. This paper takes up this call through considering the […]
Transformative Experience, Conflict Resolution and Sustained Dialogue (in International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution)
Authors: Philip D. Stewart and Nissa Shamsi Full Text: download full pdf The roots of conflict, whether international, community or interpersonal, are most often expressed in antagonistic attitudes or perspectives towards ‘the other’. Such attitudes frequently are deeply embedded and resistant to change. Yet lasting resolution of conflict is difficult, if not impossible, unless such […]
Sustained Dialogue: How Students Are Changing Their Own Racial Climate (in About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience)
In 2006, Priya Parker, realizing the University of Virginia’s campus climate needed dialogue, created a student-led process to improve race relations. The campus approach brings small groups of students from widely different backgrounds together for a year of deep conversation.
Six Years of Sustained Dialogue at Ethiopian Universities
Currently, The Life and Peace Institute and the Peace and Development Centre have introduced SD in Haramaya University in eastern Ethiopia, and Jimma University in South Western Ethiopia. LPI and PDC have been implementing SD in Haramaya University since April 2013 and 300 students were involved in the project. Since March 2014, implementation of SD in Jimma University has begun. Like in Haramaya University 300 students will be involved and at the request of the University, LPI and its partner PDC are setting the ground for adding a new dimension to SD in JU where faculty and administrative staff will be part of the SD.